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Explore key statistics and main issues in El Salvador in 2014, including population, human development, violence, femicide, and economic factors like textile exports. Learn about the country's challenges and opportunities.
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A few statistics • Population 6.2 million. 60% of people live in towns. • In 2010, El Salvador ranked twelfth among Latin America in terms of the Human Development Index • Life expectancy 72 years • Literacy rate 84% • On average, 10 homicides a day, 530 femicides from January to May (2014) • 20% of Salvadorians live outside the country ,US and EU • The textile industry is the largest exporter
Main issues in El Salvador • Natural Disasters • Climate change • Civil War • Oscar Romero’s legacy • Violence • gangs • security • gender and femicide • Dependence on United States
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